Ira

Ira and IRA may refer to:

Acronyms

Most commonly

• Irish Republican Army, which has existed in various forms since 1916 (see List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for details)
  • Since 1969, the Provisional Irish Republican Army has usually been referred to simply as the "IRA"
• Individual Retirement Account, a private retirement account or annuity in the United States, normally resulting in tax benefits

Also

• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Indian Rationalist Association, a member of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations
• Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 secured certain rights to Native Americans
• Indian Rights Association, an advocacy and lobbyist group for the rights of Native Americans
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association, the national championship for USA men's collegiate rowing
• Interprocedural Register Allocation, a compiler register allocation procedure
• Internal Revenue Allotment, the local government's share of revenues from the national government of the Philippines
• International Reading Association, a membership organisation of literacy professionals
• International Reference Alphabet No. 5 as defined by ITU-T T.50.
• Inverness Royal Academy, a secondary school in Scotland
• Íslenskir Radíóamatörar, an amateur radio organization in Iceland
• IRA IRA: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

Places

• Eira, Messenia, also known as Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece
• Īra, the Livonian name for Lielirbe, Latvia

In the United States

• Ira, Iowa
• Ira Township, Michigan
• Ira, New York
• Ira, Texas
  • Ira Independent School District
• Hopewell, Red River County, Texas, formerly Ira
• Ira, Vermont

Given names

• Ira (name) (עִירָא, Standard Hebrew ʿIra, Tiberian Hebrew ʿÎrâ), a Hebrew language personal name
• Ira, a diminutive form of the name Irina
• Ira, a Sanskrit name, for the goddess of wisdom, Sarasvati, also for the wind-god, also meaning 'Earth'

People

• Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), American stage actor
• Ira Allen (1751–1814), one of the founders of Vermont
• Ira Angustain (1958), American actor
• Ira Aten (1862–1953), Texas Ranger
• Ira Babcock (c. 1808–1888), American pioneer
• Ira Baldwin (1895–1999), founder of the Wisconsin Academy Foundation
• Ira Basen,a Canadian radio producer
• Ira Coleman Batman (1862–1934), American jurist and politician
• Ira Berkow (b. 1940), sports reporter who was a Pulitzer Prize winner
• Ira Berlin (b. 1941), American historian
• [[Ira A. Bourke(b. 1984),HR Specialist
• Ira Bowman (b. 1973), and American professional basketball player
• Ira Byock, physician and writer
• Ira Condict (1764–1811), the third president of Queen's College
• Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), American politician and newspaper publisher
• Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), high-ranking general of the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force in 1943 – 55
• Ira Allen Eastman (1809–1881), American Congressman from the State of New Hampshire
• Ira Flatow, American journalist
• Ira A. Fulton (b. 1931), American businessman
• Ira Fuchs, American who founded "BITNET"
• Ira Gershwin, American lyricist and the brother of collaborator with the music composer George Gershwin
• Ira Glass, America radio figure
• Ira B. Harkey, Jr. (1918–2006), American writer who won a Pulitzer Prize
• Ira Hayes (1923–1955), one of five U.S. Marines who raised the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima
• Ira B. Hyde (1838–1926), American Congressman from the State of Missouri
• Ira Kaplan, American musician, for the band "Yo La Tengo"
• Ira Levin, American novelist
• Ira Magaziner (born 1947), American policy consultant, most notably to Bill Clinton during the latter's Presidency
• Ira Murchison (1933–1994), American winner of a gold medal in track & field at the 1956 Summer Olympic games in Melbourne, Australia
• Ira C. Owens (b. 1936), noted lieutenant general in the U.S. Army
• Ira Sankey, American gospel singer and composer who was associated with the evangelist Dwight L. Moody
• Ira Shor, American social scientist and educator

Mythology

• Ira (mythology), a goddess in Polynesian mythology
• "Ira", another name for the goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati in Hindu mythology
• "Ira", short name of 'Irawati' goddess Laxmi

Fiction

• Ira Goldstein, ASB Bank character
• Ayra, a fictional character from Nintendo's Fire Emblem series; known in Japan as "Aira"
• Ira Buchman, a character in the US television series, Mad About You
• Ira Gaines, an antagonist from the series "24"

Music

• IRA (Polish heavy metal band), a Polish rock band in the early 1990s
• Ira!, a Brazilian rock and roll band
• I.R.A. (band), "Ideas de Revolución Adolescente", a Colombian punk band

Other

• Ira, Latin word for Wrath, one of the seven deadly sins
• Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University
• Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University
• Ileorectal anastomosis